Connecticut Theater Reviews: Best Shows & Critic Recommendations Page 32

BWW Reviews: THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES - Two Blasts from the Past Stir Up Memories, Music, Fun
by Lauren Yarger - October 12, 2011

It's 1958 and The Marvelous Wonderettes, an all-female vocal group, is entertaining at the Super Senior Prom....

Hartford Children’s Theatre puts the icing on PINKALICIOUS through October 16
by Jacques Lamarre - October 09, 2011

Hartford's theatre for children and families is in the pink with PINKALICIOUS....

BWW Reviews: Bated Breath’s HUNGER is Both Feast and Famine through October 2
by BWW News Desk - October 02, 2011

Bated Breath Theatre Company dishes out HUNGER, a meditation of art, sex, commerce and chocolate....

BWW Reviews: Times Gone By Might Be the Present in Sarah Ruhl's New Version of Chekhov's THREE SISTERS
by Lauren Yarger - September 28, 2011

Just like the THREE SISTERS who find their way of life fading away, so many versions of Anton Chekhov's play find themselves forgotten in the face of modern theater. Not so, however, with Yale Rep's co-production with Berkeley Rep Theatre, for which playwright Sarah Ruhl finds a memorable balance be...

BWW Reviews: Spirit of Broadway Starts a PANIC Through September 25
by BWW News Desk - September 25, 2011

Norwich's Spirit of Broadway presents Stephen Dolginoff's musical riff on Orson Welles' infamous 'War of the Worlds' broadcast....

BWW Reviews: Bated Breath’s HUNGER is Both Feast and Famine through October 2
by Jacques Lamarre - September 20, 2011

Bated Breath Theatre Company dishes out HUNGER, a meditation of art, sex, commerce and chocolate....

BWW Reviews: Spirit of Broadway Starts a PANIC Through September 25
by Jacques Lamarre - September 16, 2011

Norwich's Spirit of Broadway presents Stephen Dolginoff's musical riff on Orson Welles' infamous 'War of the Worlds' broadcast....

BWW Reviews: THE CRUCIBLE Heats up Hartford Stage Through October 6
by Jacques Lamarre - September 12, 2011

Gordon Edelstein helms a fascinating, if flawed, take on Arthur Miller's 1953 classic at Hartford Stage....

BWW REVIEWS: Waiting in the Wings Takes Center Stage in THE UNDERSTUDY at TheaterWorks
by Lauren Yarger - August 18, 2011

What should be a simple 'put in' for a new understudy turns into a rehearsal from hell complete with romantic liaisons, life-changing movie deals, malfunctioning intercoms and a pot-smoking crew member that collectively make the bizarre Kafka play the characters are working on seem like a psychologi...

BWW REVIEWS: The Sangin' and Twangin' Sparks, but RING OF FIRE Doesn't Blaze at Ivoryton
by Lauren Yarger - August 18, 2011

A musically gifted cast headed by co-director David M. Lutken playing multiple instruments gives a warm glow to the music of country music legend Johnny Cash, but it isn't enough to spark a real flame in the plotless Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash playing at Ivoryton Playhouse....

BWW Reviews: Capital Classics Does Battle with RICHARD III
by BWW News Desk - August 14, 2011

Capital Classics celebrates its 20th Anniversary with Shakespeare's malevolent monarch....

BWW Reviews: Goodspeed Musicals Sets Sail with a Triumphant SHOW BOAT
by Jacques Lamarre - August 01, 2011

Goodspeed's 'Honey, I Shrunk the Musical'-approach pays off with intimate SHOW BOAT....

BWW Reviews: Emerson Theater Collaborative Invests in THE BIG BANK
by BWW News Desk - July 31, 2011

ETC tallies up its assets and liabilities with the Seligmann Bros. new musical THE BIG BANK....

BWW Reviews: Twisted Nerves with LIPS TOGETHER, TEETH APART at Westport County Playhouse
by BWW News Desk - July 30, 2011

Does Terrence McNally's play on AIDS still hold up after 20 years? It's a bit weak, but the beach house is stunning!...

BWW Reviews: Emerson Theater Collaborative Invests in THE BIG BANK
by Jacques Lamarre - July 27, 2011

ETC tallies up its assets and liabilities with the Seligmann Bros. new musical THE BIG BANK....

BWW Reviews: ARTFARM Makes the Case for Will Power with SHAKESPEARE’S ARGUMENT
by BWW News Desk - July 24, 2011

ARTFARM reboots SHAKESPEARE'S ARGUMENT for the company's 10th Anniversary....

BWW Reviews: Nat King Cole Bio-tuner I WISH YOU LOVE Swings Mildly at Hartford Stage
by BWW News Desk - July 24, 2011

Dominic Taylor's exhumation of Nat King Cole in I WISH YOU LOVE at Hartford Stage is neither unforgettable nor unforgivable....

BWW Reviews: Twisted Nerves with LIPS TOGETHER, TEETH APART at Westport County Playhouse
by Sherry Shameer Cohen - July 19, 2011

Does Terrence McNally's play on AIDS still hold up after 20 years? It's a bit weak, but the beach house is stunning!...

BWW Reviews: ARTFARM Makes the Case for Will Power with SHAKESPEARE’S ARGUMENT
by Jacques Lamarre - July 18, 2011

ARTFARM reboots SHAKESPEARE'S ARGUMENT for the company's 10th Anniversary....

BWW Reviews: Playhouse on Park Dishes Out CHICAGO Razzle-Dazzle Through July 24
by Jacques Lamarre - July 18, 2011

Playhouse on Park turns up the heat a notch on summer with CHICAGO....

BWW Reviews: Ivoryton Playhouse’s THE PRODUCERS Has Got It and Flaunts It
by Jacques Lamarre - July 11, 2011

Ivoryton's small theatre produces a big, fat hit for its 100th birthday with Mel Brooks' Broadway smash...

BWW Reviews: A Tiring RACE Runs at TheaterWorks
by BWW News Desk - July 10, 2011

David Mamet's jeremiad on RACE inflames and exhausts at TheaterWorks in downtown Hartford....

BWW Reviews: A More Than Fair MY FAIR LADY Plays Connecticut Rep.
by Jacques Lamarre - July 11, 2011

Terrence Mann is a fairly ideal Henry Higgins in Connecticut Repertory Theatre's more than fair MY FAIR LADY....

BWW Reviews: Nat King Cole Bio-tuner I WISH YOU LOVE Swings Mildly at Hartford Stage
by Jacques Lamarre - July 08, 2011

Dominic Taylor's exhumation of Nat King Cole in I WISH YOU LOVE at Hartford Stage is neither unforgettable nor unforgivable....